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McLaren racing director resigns

Eric Boullier, McLaren's under-fire racing director, has resigned from his post with immediate effect.

Motorsport • 04 Jul 18

Fernando Alonso has signed a new McLaren deal

Fernando Alonso to stick with McLaren

Fernando Alonso will remain at McLaren next season after signing a new contract with the British team.

Motorsport • 19 Oct 17

McLaren to sever ties with Honda & switch to Renault

Former champions McLaren will swap their Honda engines for Renault ones at the end of the Formula One season after calling time on a troubled three-year partnership marked by frustration and failure.

Motorsport • 15 Sep 17

Ron Dennis brings to an end his 37-year tenure with McLaren

Ron Dennis ends his association with McLaren

Ron Dennis' four-decade association with McLaren is over after he stood down as chairman of the British team on Friday.

Motorsport • 30 Jun 17

Alonso frustrated while Mercedes set the pace

A frustrated Fernando Alonso was left ruing another disappointing start to the first day of his Formula One pre-season as history repeated itself in Barcelona on Monday.

Motorsport • 27 Feb 17

McLaren to have revised Honda engine

McLaren will have a revised Honda engine this season as the former world champions seek to push their way back among Formula One's front runners.

Motorsport • 06 Jan 17

Fernando Alonso has a year to go in his McLaren contract

Mercedes consider move for Alosno

Mercedes are considering Fernando Alonso as a replacement for retiring world champion Nico Rosberg.

Motorsport • 06 Dec 16

McLaren currently lie sixth in the constructors' championship

Brown joins McLaren team

McLaren have named Zak Brown as the team's new executive director as part of a shake-up following the departure of Ron Dennis.

Motorsport • 21 Nov 16

Jenson Button has racked up 15 wins in Formula One, with six of those victories coming in 2009 when he claimed the drivers' championship

Vandoorne to replace Button at McLaren in 2017

Jenson Button has announced he will not be racing in Formula One next season, with Stoffel Vandoorne set to take his McLaren seat.

Motorsport • 03 Sep 16

Alonso pessimistic about podium appearance

Former world champion Fernando Alonso doubts he will make it onto the Formula One podium this season after also enduring his worst points tally last year, but has no immediate plans to retire.

Motorsport • 26 Jul 16

Button and McLaren haven't won a grand prix since 2012

Button considered quitting Formula 1

Jenson Button considered leaving Formula 1 this year as McLaren endured their worst season, though he was persuaded to stay on for 2016.

Motorsport • 10 Dec 15

Fernando Alonso voiced his frustrations with McLaren over race radio

Former world champions to remain at McLaren

Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button will race for McLaren next season, team boss Ron Dennis said at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday.

Motorsport • 27 Sep 15

Fernando Alonso was in better form prior to the Grand Prix

Alonso frustrated with 'amateur' McLaren

Fernando Alonso warned McLaren they were making him look like an amateur after another dismal afternoon at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Motorsport • 08 Jun 15

Fernando Alonso poses for photographers outside the McLaren team garage

Fernando Alonso reveals details of testing crash

Fernando Alonso has "zero worries" about stepping back into his McLaren this weekend, despite adding further confusion to the testing accident that forced him to miss the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 26 Mar 15

Fernando Alonso is ready for a return to the racetrack

Fernando Alonso preparing for Malaysia return

McLaren's Fernando Alonso put in a day's work in the team's Formula One simulator ahead of his expected return to the racetrack in Malaysia next week after his crash in pre-season testing.

Motorsport • 19 Mar 15

Fernando Alonso thought it was 1995 after a testing crash according to reports in Spain

Alonso thought it was 1995 after accident: report

Fernando Alonso suffered memory loss so severe after his recent pre-season testing crash that he forgot he was a Formula One driver, according to a Spanish newspaper.

Motorsport • 06 Mar 15

Fernando Alonso will miss the start of the F1 season after a recent crash in testing

Fernando Alonso to miss F1 season-opener

Fernando Alonso is to sit out the season-opening Formula One Grand Prix in Australia on advice from doctors.

Motorsport • 03 Mar 15

Alonso will miss this week's final pre-season testing as he's recovering at home

Fernando Alonso set to race in Melbourne

McLaren expect Fernando Alonso to recover from Sunday's crash in time to race in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 15 March.

Motorsport • 26 Feb 15

Boost for McLaren after Honda win engine argument

McLaren have been given a boost after Formula One's governing body tweaked the rules to allow Honda, the team's new partner, to develop their engine this season in line with rival manufacturers.

Motorsport • 17 Jan 15

McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier (L) speaks with Ron Dennis during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit last year

McLaren put the emphasis on technology

The McLaren Group, which includes the Formula One team, is changing its name to reflect the company's diversification away from pure racing activities and into applied technology.

Motorsport • 13 Jan 15